his chariot, Saibya, Sugriva, Meghapuspa and Balahaka, seemed all to hesitate to penetrate the darkness. This hesitation is also part of the entertainment of Lord Krishna, because his steeds are not ordinary horses, otherwise it would have been impossible for them to travel all over the galaxy and then cross the various gangs that cover it. Just as Krishna is absolute, so is his chariot and his horses, and all that pertains to him, equally absolute, beyond the attributes of this material world. We must always keep in mind that Krishna played the role of an ordinary human being when He was on earth, and that his horses, by his will, also played the role of ordinary horses when they hesitated to penetrate the darkness. . Krishna is called Yogesvara, the master of supernatural powers (Yogesvara Hari). It is possible to see many humans who have acquired supernatural powers through the practice of yoga, who sometimes perform wonders, but Krishna is said to be the Master of all supernatural power. So when he saw his horses hesitating to cross the darkness, Krishna immediately threw his sudarsana-cakra disc, and the sky was flooded with a light a thousand times more dazzling than that of the sun. The darkness of the bark of the galaxy is also a creation of Krishna, and in order to pierce the darkness, He was preceded by his sudarsana-cakra, his eternal companion. The disc pierced the darkness, everything becomes perfectly visible and nothing can remain in the darkness. Thus Krishna and Arjuna crossed the vast and dark spaces surrounding material galaxies.
Arjuna then saw the radiance that bears the name of brahmajyoti, and shines beyond the bark of material galaxies. Because we are currently deprived of the ability to see this radiance, it is sometimes called unmanifest. Ultimate goal of the so-called Vedantist impersonalists, this spiritual radiance is also described as limitless and immeasurable. When Lord Krishna and Arjuna began to penetrate the radiance, Arjuna could not tolerate the brightness and closed his eyes.
The Lord says: "My dear Arjuna, this dazzling radiance, this absolute light that you contemplate, knows that it is none other than the radiance that emanates from My Body. O you, the greatest among the descendants of Bharata, this radiance is none other than Myself. "I am radiance."
Just as the sun and its rays can not be separated, so is Krishna and the radiance that emanates from his body. Thus Krishna declares that this radiance is none other than Himself.
Krishna adds: "This radiance is constituted by a set of tiny particles called spiritual sparks, or in other words by living beings, spiritual souls. This radiance is an emanation of My spiritual energy.
The expression "I am the radiance", can also apply to living beings who can also claim to be part of the radiance since they compose it.
Krishna again tells Arjuna: "Radiance extends beyond the realm of My external energy (the material cosmos)."